diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
index d3452492ed38..f5a333161701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit.yml
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify MySQL connection from container
       run: |
-        mysql -h"127.0.0.1" -uninja -pninja -e "SHOW DATABASES"
+        mysql -h"localhost" -uninja -pninja -e "SHOW DATABASES"
 
     - name: Setup PHP
       uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
       with:
         php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
-        extensions: mysql, sqlite3, bcmath, gmp, gd, curl, zip, openssl, mbstring, xml
+        extensions: mysql, mysqlnd, sqlite3, bcmath, gmp, gd, curl, zip, openssl, mbstring, xml
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       with: